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1 Samuel 30:21

DavidBesor
Exhaustion

19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

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BSB
When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
KJV
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
WEB
David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
ASV
And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
DARBY
And David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and whom they had left behind at the torrent Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David drew near to the people and saluted them.
BLB
And David came to the two hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow behind David, and whom they had made to stay at the Brook of Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who [were] with him. And David came near the people, and he asked them of welfare.
ÅB
Da David kom til de to hundre mann som hadde vært for trette til å følge ham, og som han hadde latt bli tilbake ved Besor-bekken, gikk de ut imot David og de folk som var med ham; og David gikk fram til folkene og hilste på dem.
OTB
Da David kom til de to hundre mennene som var for utmattet til å følge ham og som også hadde blitt etterlatt ved bekken Besor, kom de ut for å møte David og for å møte folket som var med ham. Da nærmet David seg folket og hilste på dem.
B1930
Da David kom til de to hundre mann som hadde vært for trette til å følge ham, og som han hadde latt bli tilbake ved Besor-bekken, gikk de ut imot David og de folk som var med ham; og David gikk frem til folkene og hilste på dem.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:10

    But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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  • Hebrews 13:1

    Let brotherly love continue.

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  • Judges 8:15

    And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

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  • 1 Peter 3:8

    Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

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